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Common milkweed gardens increase occupancy by monarch butterflies and other specialist herbivores towards an urban centre

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We surveyed 119 stands of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) across an urbanisation gradient to investigate how restored garden habitat might ameliorate the negative effects of urbanisation on specialist herbivores. Surprisingly, we found most herbivores (including the monarch butterfly) had greater occupancy on common milkweed towards an urban centre.
Graydon J. Gillies, Rishona Vemulapalli, Christopher G. Eckert   +2 more
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Floral resource strips enhance parasitoid abundance and diversity in apple orchards and promote agroecological advances in a South African biosphere reserve

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Floral resource strips within apple orchards increased parasitoid abundance and influenced community composition, enhancing local biodiversity in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve's transition zone. Ruderal and natural fynbos habitats supported higher parasitoid richness and abundance, emphasising the importance of conserving semi‐natural habitats ...
Fabrizia Ratto, Peter Steward, Steven M. Sait, Julien M. Haran, Rene Gaigher, James S. Pryke, Michael J. Samways, William Kunin   +7 more
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Effect of bulb type on moth trap catch and composition in UK gardens

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We analyse 10 years of records Garden Moth Scheme (GMS) to estimate the effect of bulb and trap type on the number of moths caught by moth traps. We find that brighter, higher wattage bulbs collect the most moths. Heath traps catch fewer moths than Robinson or Skinner‐stye traps.
Reuben O'Connell‐Booth, Christopher Hassall, William E. Kunin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Year‐round pollinator visitation of ornamental plants in Mediterranean urban parks

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Pollinators visiting ornamental plants in urban parks remained diverse throughout the year. They were represented by wild bees (42%), honeybees (37%), flies (18%), butterflies (2%) and beetles (1%). Both native and non‐native plants attracted pollinators.
Alejandro Trillo, David Ragel‐Celdrán, Francisco P. Molina, Montserrat Vilà   +3 more
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Developmental expression of Ap‐Vas proteins in aphids and flies reveals their evolutionary roles in insects

Insect Molecular Biology, EarlyView.
Duplication of vas genes is universally observed in aphids, and phylogenetic analysis indicates that this event predates the divergence of Aphididae and Phylloxeridae. Ap‐vas1 is germline‐specific, whereas Ap‐vas2–4 exhibit somatic expression, indicating functional divergence during aphid embryogenesis.
Gee‐Way Lin, Szu‐Chieh Wang, Charles E. Cook, Ming‐Der Lin, Chun‐che Chang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcriptomic profiling of gill biopsies to define predictive markers for seawater survival in farmed Atlantic salmon

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild Atlantic salmon migrate to sea following completion of a developmental process known as parr‐smolt transformation (PST), which establishes a seawater (SW) tolerant phenotype. Effective imitation of this aspect of anadromous life history is a crucial aspect of commercial salmon production, with current industry practice being marred by ...
Lars Grønvold, Mattis J. van Dalum, Anja Striberny, Domniki Manousi, Trine Ytrestøyl, Turid Mørkøre, Solomon Boison, Bjarne Gjerde, Even Jørgensen, Simen R. Sandve, David G. Hazlerigg   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Complete mitochondrial genomes of chimpanzee- and gibbon-derived Ascaris isolated from a zoological garden in southwest China. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2013
Xie Y, Niu L, Zhao B, Wang Q, Nong X, Chen L, Zhou X, Gu X, Wang S, Peng X, Yang G.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Genes, fish and fisheries: translating science into policy

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The 2024 Annual Symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles reviewed the burgeoning impact of ‘omics’ technologies on fish ecology, management and forecasting. As with life sciences more generally, major advances in speed, cost‐effectiveness and breadth of applications in ‘omics’ has had profound societal and environmental impacts.
Gary R. Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

Persistence, spillover, and evolution of co-occurring lineages of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. [PDF]

Virus Evol
Mehl C, Adeyemi OA, Möhrer FJ, Wylezich C, Sander S, Schmidt K, Geiger C, Schauerte N, Wurr S, Mätz-Rensing K, Nesseler A, von Graffenried TA, Parker Morgan A, Oestereich L, Günther S, Beer M, Klein C, Cadar D, Kerber R, Höper D, Reiche S, Heckel G, Ulrich RG.   +22 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do offspring characteristics reflect parental migration variation?

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Sea trout, Salmo trutta, display a wide range of migratory behaviours, and one aspect of variation comes from freshwater migration distance. The overall aim of this study was to determine if offspring of long‐ and short‐distance migrants exhibited phenotypic differences relating to parental migration distance.
Madeleine Berry, Jan G. Davidsen, Marie Nevoux, Kim Aarestrup, Carlos M. Alexandre, Sara S. Silva, Alexander Thorén, Anders Engstöm, Matilda Ahvenainen, Johan Höjesjö   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source